The security landscape is continually changing, and our last post described a few of the latest threats cybercriminals are employing in their efforts to compromise your networks and endpoints. As threats evolve, organizations must continue to employ a variety of strong countermeasures.

When: January 19, 2017

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Technology is evolving at a rapid pace, with mobile, cloud, analytics and other big initiatives driving significant shifts in the IT world. Rest assured that cybercriminals are doing their best to keep pace.

Security experts predict that malicious threat actors will differentiate their tactics in the coming months in order to capitalize on the changing technology landscape.

Studies reveal dearth of cybersecurity talent is creating measurable damage.

Security incidents are increasing in sophistication and frequency, yet industry studies find that an alarming shortage of cybersecurity talent is resulting in direct and measurable damage to companies worldwide.

Network design focus shifts from coverage to capacity.

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Cloud-based communications platforms enable new business models.

Unified-Communications-as-a-Service (UCaaS) is poised for accelerated growth in 2017, analysts say, as organizations look to cloud-based platforms not only to improve communications but to drive a fundamental shift in organizational structure.

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Smaller organizations rely on technology as much as their larger counterparts but typically don’t have in-house expertise across the full spectrum of IT disciplines.

In our last post, we explained why a network upgrade is the inevitable consequence of digital transformation. Cloud computing, mobility and analytics solutions are increasing the strain on already overburdened networks. Legacy network architectures simply aren’t capable of handling today’s bandwidth demands, creating bottlenecks that negatively impact application performance and the user experience.

Given the rapid pace of change in the IT industry, it’s difficult to predict which technology trends will take hold in 2017. Industry analysts have their sights set on things like augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and ever-increasing numbers of smart devices connected to the Internet of Things (IoT).

Only time will tell whether any of those visions become reality.